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Access: Drug User Health Program

By

AIDS Action Committee

Free

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This is a state-sanctioned drop-in center supporting people who inject drugs and their network to reduce health risks by providing risk reduction supplies, referrals, and counseling.

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Program is free!

Location

  • In-person only.

AAC Cambridge Office

359 Green Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Maraykanka

Neighborhood

Cambridgeport

Dates and Times

This is an ongoing program.

Monday through Friday.

Needle exchange and supply pickup hours: 

  • Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri: from 9am – 12pm; 1pm – 4pm
  • Thursdays from 9am – 12pm.

Additional information

 As of September 1, Fenway Health/AAC is operating the needle exchange as “one person in, one person out” model to allow people to come inside for up to 10 minutes to get supplies.. You will be able to pick up new supplies, drop off old supplies, and grab Narcan! Please note that your MUST wear a mask (we will give you one if you don’t have one) and answer some COVID-19 screening questions before entering.

 

Outreach services also offered on Mondays (Alewife, Porter, Davis); Wednesdays (Central, Harvard); and Fridays (Alewife, Malden).

Contacts

Aids Action Committee Access

Cambridge Needle Exchange

857-313-6800

Aids Action Committee Access Outreach

Outreach Line

617-470-0994

Aids Action Committee

Cambridge Office Main Line

617-267-0900

You can also send texts to our outreach line!

Free

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Aids Action Committee Access

Cambridge Needle Exchange

857-313-6800
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This is an ongoing program.

Monday through Friday.

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Last updated November 23, 2020.